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The AMD Opteron processor-based servers provide Scuderia
Ferrari Marlboro’s engineering team with a vital research tool that
will be used to advance car designs by enabling new aerodynamic testing scenarios. Aerodynamics is fundamental to car performance, yet in car design it is the most difficult variable to control and demands the most processing power.
“It is challenging to meet each department’s computing needs
within the Ferrari racing team,” said Antonio Calabrese, head of
information systems for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro. “Various computing
power requirements, diverse software applications and different
mobility issues require a stable yet flexible processing platform, and AMD64 technology meets our demanding computing needs and allows us to support applications running in both 32- and 64-bit computing modes.”
“Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro has successfully utilized AMD64
technology from engineering research planning to post-race data
analysis,” said Henri Richard, AMD’s executive vice president,
worldwide sales and marketing. “Our new jointly developed solution
based on the AMD Opteron processor with Direct Connect Architecture
demonstrates the outstanding performance capabilities of AMD64
technology, and will allow Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro to rely on what is recognized as the highest-performing x86 processing platform for
mission-critical enterprise and high-performance computing
applications.”
Installed at Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro headquarters in
Maranello, Italy, the race team’s latest AMD Opteron solution is
comprised of several hundred computing nodes running on the Linux
operating system. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro selected the AMD Opteron
processor particularly to help advance Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD) calculations, which is a critical factor complementing
aerodynamics testing.
“We worked closely with Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro to help them
develop the most appropriate solution able to meet their requirements
of performance, stability and reliability,” said Gianluca Degliesposti, director, server and workstation sales and business development for AMD, EMEA. “The experience of developing this solution together will allow AMD to raise the bar for new commercial sectors where demanding computational fluid dynamics calculations are essential, such as the automotive and aerospace industries.”
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro expects to immediately benefit from
the high-performance capability of the AMD Opteron processor. Capable
of billions of floating-point operations per second, the AMD Opteron
processor-based servers will provide Ferrari with the calculation speed required to keep pace with rapid design cycles. Much like Ferrari is consistently a top Formula One performer, AMD Opteron continues to be a leader in x86 server Performance. Industry benchmarks for the applications that are critical for the enterprise, such as high-performance computing, Web serving, and messaging and collaboration, confirm that the AMD Opteron processor powers the world’s highest performing 2P and 4P servers.
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